Kristaps Priede
Blok Bar & Barabas Hotel
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Blok Bar & Barabas Hotel
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Blok Bar & Barabas Hotel

Blok Bar & Barabas Hotel
Löwengraben 16/18

Barabas Hotel Luzern
Löwengraben 18
CH — 6004 Luzern
www.barabas-luzern.ch

Blok Bar
Löwengraben 16
CH — 6004 Luzern
www.blokbar.ch

Öffnungszeiten
Di. - Mi.: 17.00 – 23.00 Uhr
Do. - Fr.: 17.00 – 00.30 Uhr
Sa.: 13.00 – 00.30 Uhr

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Kristaps Priede
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Kristaps Priede

Kristaps Priede
Courtyard

The inspiration for my artwork is the eastern freshair yard of the former Lucerne Central Prison. The facilities were built in 1861–1862 and used until the prison closed and was converted into a hotel in 1998. Still walled in and not easily accessible, the former prison yard has not been used for more than ten years. The prison itself was built on the site of what appears in the 1790/1792 plan of the city of Lucerne by Franz Xaver Schumacher to be an enclosed garden or hortus conclusus, which in this plan is connected to the so-called Old Nunciature by a passerelle. Based on the history of this place and using principles of the enclosed garden typology, my concept entails adapting the courtyard for reuse to create a new art space as an installation that can be viewed online. Four video cameras positioned in the courtyard focus on a sculpture of mirrors placed in the center, thereby providing different, contrasting views of the courtyard pre-set to capture architecture and vegetation. Remote viewer participation, cyclical observations, comparisons, interpretations, and answers to pre-prepared questions about the courtyard space are also important elements. These are intended to evoke personal feelings, memories, experience, and the imagination of the virtual visitors. As a result, various subjective, imaginary data about the spirit of this place – the genius loci – will be generated.

Program

Thu. 18. June
17:00 — 18:00

Barabas Hotel Luzern
Löwengraben 18
CH — 6004 Luzern

Courtyard
Opening Celebration

Fri. 19. June
17:00 — 18:00

Barabas Hotel Luzern
Löwengraben 18
CH — 6004 Luzern

Courtyard
Installation

Sat. 20. June
15:00 — 16:00

Barabas Hotel Luzern
Löwengraben 18
CH — 6004 Luzern

Courtyard
Installation

Wed. 24. June
17:00 — 18:00

Barabas Hotel Luzern
Löwengraben 18
CH — 6004 Luzern

Courtyard
Installation

Entry: Barabas Hotel Luzern, Löwengraben 18
Exit: Blok Bar, Löwengraben 16

Futher Information:latvietis.kristaps@gmail.com
NOTE: Please keep a distance of two meters from other visitors at all times!

Short Biography

Born in 1990 in Latvia, Kristaps Priede lives in Winterthur. His media include painting, sculpture, and installation and he is interested in architecture, history, and nature.